Porches EA Exclusivity Going Away Soon

Now, I'm far from the world's biggest racing fan: if I am sitting behind a wheel in a video game, I'm either driving a tank, a Mario Kart (which is far deadlier than any conventional tank), or whatever it is they call those vehicles in Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing Transformed, which was better than anyone gave it credit for and featured the characters from Skies of Arcadia, which instantly catapults it to the top of my must-play list. But, there are lots of conventional racing fans here on Gamerz Unite, and I've got some great news for you. If you've ever wanted to drive a digital Porsche, yet not waste your time with Need for Speed, then you'll be happy to know that Porsche's exclusivity deal with EA ends soon, and the company has made no secret of its intention to spread out to work with other games.

Now, playing with a Porshe was always possible, if you got some special DLC deal, but by the end of the year, the company plans to fully expand and let gamers from all digital driving simulators grab hold of their best-engineered automobiles.

According to Sebastian [Gerhart of SpeedManiacs] they were also always following what was going on in the gaming industry aside from EA. The license with EA runs out this year, because together they arrived at the realization that the current situation was not desirable anymore.

So that's pretty cool. Generally, exclusivity deals are bad business for customers, and the Porche's strange absence in more popular series has been a source of grief for bigger fans of drivin' stuff. Seeing one more exclusivity deal go away is always good news!

So celebrate that. If you want.